[v2,0/4] Tracing contention lock owner call stack

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Chun-Tse Shao Jan. 13, 2025, 5:20 a.m. UTC

For perf lock contention, the current owner tracking (-o option) only
works with per-thread mode (-t option). Enabling call stack mode for
owner can be useful for diagnosing why a system running slow in
lock contention.

Example output:
  $ sudo ~/linux/tools/perf/perf lock con -abvo -Y mutex-spin -E16 perf bench sched pipe
   ...
   contended   total wait     max wait     avg wait         type   caller

         171      1.55 ms     20.26 us      9.06 us        mutex   pipe_read+0x57
                          0xffffffffac6318e7  pipe_read+0x57
                          0xffffffffac623862  vfs_read+0x332
                          0xffffffffac62434b  ksys_read+0xbb
                          0xfffffffface604b2  do_syscall_64+0x82
                          0xffffffffad00012f  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76
          36    193.71 us     15.27 us      5.38 us        mutex   pipe_write+0x50
                          0xffffffffac631ee0  pipe_write+0x50
                          0xffffffffac6241db  vfs_write+0x3bb
                          0xffffffffac6244ab  ksys_write+0xbb
                          0xfffffffface604b2  do_syscall_64+0x82
                          0xffffffffad00012f  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76
           4     51.22 us     16.47 us     12.80 us        mutex   do_epoll_wait+0x24d
                          0xffffffffac691f0d  do_epoll_wait+0x24d
                          0xffffffffac69249b  do_epoll_pwait.part.0+0xb
                          0xffffffffac693ba5  __x64_sys_epoll_pwait+0x95
                          0xfffffffface604b2  do_syscall_64+0x82
                          0xffffffffad00012f  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76
           2     20.88 us     11.95 us     10.44 us        mutex   do_epoll_wait+0x24d
                          0xffffffffac691f0d  do_epoll_wait+0x24d
                          0xffffffffac693943  __x64_sys_epoll_wait+0x73
                          0xfffffffface604b2  do_syscall_64+0x82
                          0xffffffffad00012f  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76
           1      7.33 us      7.33 us      7.33 us        mutex   do_epoll_ctl+0x6c1
                          0xffffffffac692e01  do_epoll_ctl+0x6c1
                          0xffffffffac6937e0  __x64_sys_epoll_ctl+0x70
                          0xfffffffface604b2  do_syscall_64+0x82
                          0xffffffffad00012f  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76
           1      6.64 us      6.64 us      6.64 us        mutex   do_epoll_ctl+0x3d4
                          0xffffffffac692b14  do_epoll_ctl+0x3d4
                          0xffffffffac6937e0  __x64_sys_epoll_ctl+0x70
                          0xfffffffface604b2  do_syscall_64+0x82
                          0xffffffffad00012f  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76

  === owner stack trace ===

           3     31.24 us     15.27 us     10.41 us        mutex   pipe_read+0x348
                          0xffffffffac631bd8  pipe_read+0x348
                          0xffffffffac623862  vfs_read+0x332
                          0xffffffffac62434b  ksys_read+0xbb
                          0xfffffffface604b2  do_syscall_64+0x82
                          0xffffffffad00012f  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76
  ...

v2: Fix logic deficit in patch 2/4.
Chun-Tse Shao (4):
  perf lock: Add bpf maps for owner stack tracing
  perf lock: Retrieve owner callstack in bpf program
  perf lock: Make rb_tree helper functions generic
  perf lock: Report owner stack in usermode

 tools/perf/builtin-lock.c                     |  54 +++--
 tools/perf/util/bpf_lock_contention.c         |  58 +++++-
 .../perf/util/bpf_skel/lock_contention.bpf.c  | 192 +++++++++++++++++-
 tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/lock_data.h          |   6 +
 tools/perf/util/lock-contention.h             |   2 +
 5 files changed, 292 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

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